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News'Complex and outdated': new tribunal system proposed for Wales
Welsh government says it strongly endorses fundamental principle of Law Commission's recommendations.
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Oxford firm 'will not be cowed' by suspected arson attack
Family First Solicitors said significant damage was caused to the building, but that it continues to trade.
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First criminal justice scorecards published
Lord chancellor Dominic Raab says scorecards will 'drive up standards'.
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In-person hearings likely to continue in ‘Plan B’
Allowing remote attendance at hearings will remain a matter for individual judges to decide.
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Represented claimants continue to dominate ‘user-friendly’ RTA portal
Vast majority of people using the service are represented by a law firm - and most are making mixed claims.
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'Reforms won't take shortcuts with parliamentary scrutiny' - Raab
Lord chancellor asked to explain proposed mechanism to 'correct' legislation that ministers do not like.
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Former Simmons & Simmons partner fined £15,000 for driving convictions
Practitioner admitted in 1988 failed to tell the SRA about two drink-driving convictions five years apart.
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Pre-recorded evidence could be ‘counterproductive’, new bar chair warns
Mark Fenhalls QC also reveals his change of thinking on race issues.
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Ince profits up in ‘solid set of results’
Listed firm reports a 20% increase in pre-tax profits in its half-year figures.
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Judicial selection review to be published 'early 2022'
Judicial Appointments Commission chief instigated review following accusations over so-called 'secret soundings'.
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Firm's boss kept quiet for months about employee's theft of £670k
Tribunal rules that 'thoroughly decent man' did not need to be struck off despite admission of dishonesty.
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Four convicts wrongly released due to sentence 'misunderstanding'
Ministry of Justice says one of the four had been found guilty of assault and threatening behaviour.
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‘Status quo isn’t enough’: LSB targets new checks on solicitor competence
Regulators told to ‘make appropriate interventions’ to ensure high standards are maintained after qualification.
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Litigation funder Novitas makes shock exit from the legal market
Departure comes after lender was sanctioned for unfair treatment of client who took out £45,000 loan.
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Lord chancellor faces JR over immigration detainees’ legal advice
Detention Action campaign says detainees are at risk of being ‘denied their constitutional right of access to justice’.
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Former Spanish king claims immunity from English courts
Juan Carlos I argues he has sovereign immunity despite abdicating in 2014.
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Super-regulator acknowledges that PII costs are driving firms under
Legal Services Board pledges to find ‘possible solutions’ to the hardening professional indemnity insurance market, after the SRA declines to intervene.
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Online litigant penalised for abuse of process
Defendant counterclaimed for £42,000 after judgment based on intentionally wrong admission.
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Cleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules
Tribunal in Liz Ellen case says there is no good reason to deviate from default position of a no costs order.
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Ministerial code can be justiciable, High Court rules
A judicial review claim that Boris Johnson misinterpreted the meaning of the word ‘bullying’ is rejected.
